Senate File 2490 H-8474 Amend Senate File 2490, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 1. Page 9, by striking lines 28 through 30 and inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 458A.26 Permission to enter site —— 3 negotiation of surface damages. > 4 2. Page 9, before line 31 by inserting: 5 < 1. Before entering a site that is subject to a pooling 6 order under section 458A.8, or that is within an exploratory 7 spacing unit, for purposes of an oil and gas operation, an 8 operator shall receive written permission from the surface 9 owner to enter the site. If the surface owner does not grant 10 written permission to the operator to enter the site, the 11 operator shall not enter the site for purposes of an oil and 12 gas operation. > 13 3. Page 9, line 31, by striking < 1. > and inserting < 2. > 14 4. Page 10, line 2, after < drill. > by inserting < If the 15 parties do not reach an agreement for payment of damages, the 16 operator shall not enter the site to drill. > 17 5. Page 10, after line 2 by inserting: 18 < 3. For purposes of this section, “oil and gas operation” 19 means the same as defined in section 458A.30. > 20 6. By striking page 10, line 3, through page 13, line 2. 21 7. By renumbering as necessary. 22 ______________________________ HOLT of Crawford -1- SF 2490.4493 (1) 91 sb/js 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7.